Pat’s Blog

The Cables Hold

Some of you wondered why Claudia and I weren’t On The Air, today. Actually, I was on the treadmill with 3 minutes left in my workout (I am trying to get some exercise). It was about 10 minutes to 4pm, and I needed to get a shower and head on out to the Studios.

Claudia came in with the phone with this solemn look on her face and said, “Stop the treadmill right now.” She NEVER talks like this. I saw the phone in her hand, and I knew something HAD to be amiss.

It was Jonathan on the phone. He was all right. He was on Hwy 220, coming home from work. He was about 5 minutes from Asheboro. A stray rain shower was pouring down on the road. He was going under the speed limit due to the weather, and was moving over to the inside lane, letting the merging cars on the freeway. All of a sudden his little Chevy S10 truck hit a puddle in the road and started a 360 spin. The truck spun onto the median, hitting the wet grass, and shot across, hitting the cables in the middle.

Jonathan's Windshield Shatters

I quickly put a previous program on for Praise Until Dawn, and headed out to help him.

Jonathan said he felt he was going to go through to the opposite side of the road, and that his life was over. Yet, the cables held, and pulled him back. As you can see the windshield shattered, and he had glass all over him. One man who is licensed through the Department of Transportation stopped to see if he was ok. He told me that he has seen many vehicles that had their tops taken off by the cables. If that would have happened, Jonathan would have been decapitated.

As it was, the only cut Jonathan received was on his leg, as he tried to get out of the car. His door was caught shut, so he had to go through a lot of glass to get to the passenger door, and out.

We are very, very thankful for Jonathan’s safety. Thank you to all of you who continually keep Claudia, myself and our entire family in your prayers.

There was definitely a reason for Claudia and me not being here, today.